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FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SPENCER, FRANCIS DANIEL
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
90 Hanna Street
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(Street)
Noble Park, Victoria Australia 3174
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
February 23, 1999
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NetLive Communications, Inc. (NETL)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[x] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check all applicable)
[x] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Onwership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock None
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Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock None
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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TABLE II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date ----------------------------------- Price of Deriv- Ownership
(Month/Day/Year) Deriv- ative (Instr. 5)
--------------------- Amount ative Security
or Security Direct
Date Expira- Title Number (D) or
Exercis- tion of Indirect
able Date Shares (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Francis D. Spencer March 3, 1999
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Francis D. Spencer
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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